News features from the Washington, DC Metro Area.

Latest episodes of the podcast WAMU: Local News

• New film ‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’ spotlights those who fought to integrate Glen Echo Amusement Park
• These D.C.-area federal health care workers affected by job cuts grapple with an unexpected future 
• The 2026 race for D.C. mayor is quietly heating up. Will it be a Bowser-White rematch?
• ‘Shocked!’: D.C. Catholics share their initial reactions to the first American pope
• WAMU’s Week Ahead: Travel disruptions in Northern Virginia, D.C. emergency rental assistance, EU Open House weekend
• ‘The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue:’ A new book tracks the climate change on one Takoma Park block
• Get Out There: Saturday, May 3 is D.C.’s event-topia!
• Black and Hispanic residents of Montgomery County still face significant health disparities, report shows
• A new investigation details the moments before a mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport
• After a scathing rebuke, judge grants DOJ an extension in Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case